Location: ** Monkey Run - South Observation date: 3/27/10 Notes: I walked from our house along the old RR grade and then along the river and back to the house along Monkey Run road. WEATHER: Fairly calm with gusts to 8mph from west. 45F. 100% clear. Number of species: 31
Wood Duck 4 Two pairs sitting in trees and investigating cavities. Ruffed Grouse 2 One drumming. One gray morph walking along trail. Turkey Vulture 4 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Woodcock 1 Flushed from the east end of the old RR grade. Mourning Dove 6 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Downy Woodpecker 5 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 3 Along river. All calling. None singing. American Crow 18 Fish Crow 1 ***My first ever for this location. The biggest surprise by far! A single bird calling repeatedly (also from our yard!). Black-capped Chickadee 40 Exact count. Tufted Titmouse 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch 10 Exact count. White-breasted Nuthatch 4 Brown Creeper 4 Winter Wren (Eastern) 1 My first of the season. I had been past this area several times and had not seen it before today. Along the trail north of Monkey Run road before you get to the river. Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 American Robin 45 European Starling 3 Fox Sparrow (Red) 2 Song Sparrow 10 White-throated Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 13 Northern Cardinal 13 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Rusty Blackbird 1 Common Grackle 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 blackbird sp. 12 flyovers. American Goldfinch 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Chris Wood eBird & Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
